THREE GOALS IN TWO MINUTES FINISHED OFF KNOCKOUTS

During a two minute period of time in the final period, the Benere Contracting Sabres fired three goals to break the game against the Elmsdale Dental Knockouts open and gain a 6-3 victory.  The Knockouts had established a 2-0 lead during the opening period.  The Sabres started to find the net during the final period and by 7:19 they (Sabres) were trailing the Knockouts 3-1.  Two quick power play goals midway through the period tie the game at 3-3.  Then between 16:33 and 18:48, the Sabres connected with three unanswered goals to secure a 6-3 victory.

Dave Forsyth set the pace for the Sabres with a pair of goals.  Ferenc Barna, Troy Johnston, Doug Sullivan and Daryl Almonky provided singles to complete the Sabres scoring.  Jeff Turner netted a pair of goals for the Knockouts while Travis Hunter added a single.  Howard Rose turned aside twenty-two shots to earn the win while Paul Scothorn faced twenty shots to take the loss.

In other action tonight, the Airport Petro-Can Raiders edged the Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings 5-4.  The Kings struck first and held a 1-0 lead at the end of the opening period.  The final period saw the Raiders' scoring machine come to life.  They out scored the Kings 5-3 for the period to earn a 5-4 victory.

Dave Williams lead the Raiders charges with a hat trick.  Derek Babineau and Bill Dixon added singles to complete the Raiders scoring.  Danny Hines had a pair for the Kings while Brian Sears and Jeff Urquhart added singles.  Rod O'Leary kicked out twenty-one shots to earn the win for the Raiders while Terry MacAloney kicked out twenty shots to take the loss for the Kings.

CHAISSON RECORDS SHUTOUT

Steve Chaisson kicked out all seventeen shots he faced to record a shutout and backstop Pro Cresting to a 13-0 victory over the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins.  The Bruins had a very short bench for tonight's game compared to Pro Cresting, who had a full bench.

Pro Cresting developed a 5-0 lead during the opening period and then fired eight more goals during the final period to complete the victory.

Andy Sophocleous had a hat trick to lead Pro Cresting's scoring.  Brian Malley, Jim Nemis, and Robert Bethune each had a pair of goals while Joe Duhamel, James Wheatley, Kevin Pike and Chris Ashton added singles.  Chaisson earned the win.  Neil McCorkill was bombarded with thirty-six shots to take the loss for the Bruins.

Earlier in the evening, Tremco downed the Mark Currie Painting No Stars 8-2.  After taking a 5-1 lead in the opening period Tremco added three more during the final period to end at the 8-2 final.

Steve Hogan fired a pair of goals to pace Tremco.  Rodney Abbott, Todd Farnell, Darren Smith, Terry Pettipas, Marc Trefry and Chris Hopewell added singles.  Paul Smith and Tony Singer replied for the No Stars.  Roy McNeill earned the win as he stopped thirteen shots for Tremco.  Vern Howlett faced twenty-eight shots to take the loss for the No Stars.

The final game of the night saw the Davies Plumbing Millionaires edge the Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers 3-1.  The opening period was closely play and the game remained scoreless.  The Old Timers opened the scoring up at 6:31 of the final period.  Then the Millionaires found the mark and fired three unanswered goals during the balance of the game to earn the 3-1 victory.

Carl Langille, Tom Hunter and Tim Gibbon scored for the Millionaires.  Mike Boyd replied for the Old Timers.  Gary Stone turned aside twelve shots to earn the win for the Millionaires while Layton Gilroy faced twenty-four shots to take the loss for the Old Timers.

NO STARS EARN FIRST WIN OF SEASON

The Mark Currie Painting No Stars recorded their first victory of the 2007/2008 season tonight.  The held off the late charge by the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins to earn a 6-5 victory.

Ian Currie connected for five goals tonight while Steve Corkum added a single for the No Stars.  Mike George had a pair of goals for the Bruins.  Craig Burnett, Glen Chisholm and Chris Hingston added single for the Bruins.  Vern Howlett faced twenty-five shots to earn the win for the No Stars while Neil McCorkill faced twenty-eight shots to take the loss for the Bruins.

In other action, the Benere Contracting Sabres downed the Davies Plumbing Millionaries 5-3.  The game was a back and forth battle from the drop of the first puck.  By the end of the opening period the game was deadlocked in a 2-2 tie.  Early in the final period the Sabres edged forward but shortly thereafter the Millionaires tied the game back up.  A power play opportunity for the Sabres at 21:01 saw them score and inch forward.  Just over a minute later they, Sabres, got an insurance goal - which was not needed.  The final whistle sounded and the Sabres had earned the 5-3 victory.

Mark Dill had a hat trick for the Sabres while Troy Johnston and Dave Forsyth added singles.  Kendall Nowe, Dean Basque and Mike MacKeil replied for the Millionaires.  Howard Rose earned the win kicking out sixteen shots while Gary Stone took the loss stopping eleven shots.

KINGS FIND THEIR STRIDE

The Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings may have been struggling during the last number of weeks but tonight they turned the corner.  Tonight they doubled the Elmsdale Dental Knockouts 8-4.  The Kings struck early in the opening period and built up a 5-2 lead.  The final period saw the Kings add another three goals while giving up 2 to end with the 8-4 victory.

Robin Isenor held a hot stick tonight as he recorded a seven point game (four goals and three assists) to pace the Kings.  Ryan Isenor, Mike Croft, Danny Hines and Jeff Urquhart added singles for the Kings.  Travis Hunter and Rick Karst had a pair of goals each for the Knockouts' cause.  Claude White earned the win stopping eighteen shots.  Paul Scothorn took the loss as he faced nineteen shots.

Tremco continued their winning ways tonight as they downed the Airport Petro-Can Raiders 5-2.  The first period ended with Tremco holding a slim 2-1 lead.  As the final period started, the Raiders scored to tie the game at 2-2.  But a power play opportunity at 7:13 for Tremco seemed to spark them onward.  They scored on that opportunity and added two more goal to finish off the Raiders.

Terry Pettipas recorded a hat trick to set the pace for Tremco.  Tony Husk and Steve Ramsay added singles.  James West and Kevin Kelly replied for the Raiders.  Roy McNeill earned the win as he kicked out eighteen shots while Rod O'Leary turned aside thirteen shots to take the loss.

The Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers doubled Pro Cresting 8-4.  After taking a 5-1 lead during the opening period the Old Timers kept pace with Pro Cresting during the final period to hold them off long enough to get the 8-4 victory.

John Rhind fired a hat trick to pace the Old Timers.  Charlie Clow and Danny MacLean added a pair of goals each while Scott Blois added a single.  James Wheatley had a pair of goals for Pro Cresting while Chris Ashton and Martin MacKeigan added singles.  Layton Gilroy earned the win as he faced nineteen shots.  Chris Chiasson took the loss for Pro Cresting stopping fifteen shots.

PRO CRESTING DROP THEIR SECOND GAME IN A ROW

Pro Cresting found themselves on the wrong end of the score again for the second time in as many starts.  Tonight the Davies Plumbing Millionaires were more than happy to hand Pro Cresting their second loss with a 5-2 score.

The teams battled throughout the opening period to end the period tied 2-2.  The final period saw Pro Cresting's offensive punch get shut down while the Millionaires connected for three unanswered goals.

Kendall Nowe lead the Millionaires attack with a hat trick while Tom Hunter and Matt Isenor added singles.  Robert Bethune and Mark McCulloch replied for Pro Cresting.  Howard Rose earned the win as he stopped eight of the ten shots he faced.  Darren Schriver faced twenty-eight shots to take the loss for Pro Cresting.

In other action earlier tonight, the Benere Contracting Sabres downed the struggling Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings 4-1.  The opening period was a close contest.  The Kings took the lead midway through the period on a power play goal.  As the period was coming to and end the Sabres replied with a goal of their own to have the game tied at 1-1.  The final period was all Sabres in the scoring department.  They fired three unanswered goals to complete the 4-1 victory.

Troy Johnston led the Sabres charge with a pair of goals while Ferenc Barna and Pat Kline added singles.  Brian Sears had the lone Kings goals.  Howard Rose handled nine of the ten shots the Kings were able to generate to earn the win.  Claude White faced twenty-four shots to take the loss for the Kings.

OLD TIMERS FIND HOW TO WIN AGAIN

The Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers recovered from their resent slump to double the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins 4-2 tonight.  Maybe the treat of being sent down to Kel-Greg of the East Hants Molson Hockey League, as two players have already shown up in the Kel-Greg lineup recently, got the message home.

Things did not start out looking like this game was going to be the turn around game for the Old Timers.  During the opening period the Bruins establish a 2-0 lead.  But the final period saw the Old Timers close the door on the Bruins and fire four unanswered goals to capture the 4-2 victory.

John Rhind, Danny LeBlanc, Scott Blois and Mike Barbrick did the scoring for the Old Timers.  Chris Hingston replied with both goals for the Bruins.  Layton Gilroy earned the win as he faced nineteen shots.  Steve Chaisson took the loss for the Bruins facing twenty-two shots.

The high flying Elmsdale Dental Knockouts locked horns with Tremco and battled to a 2-2 tie.

The Knockouts edge out front with a late goal in the opening period.  In the final period Tremco struck early with a power play goal and then four minutes later with the go ahead goal.  In the latter part of the period the Kncokouts replied with the game tying goal.  From that point onward neither squad was able to get that next goal despite solid efforts from both teams.

Todd Farnell recorded both goals for Tremco while Travis Hunter and Rick Karst scored for the Knockouts.  Roy McNeil faced twenty shots while Paul Scothorn faced thirteen shots to record the tie.

The Airport Petro-Can Raiders took a little bit more luster of of the Mark Currie Painting No Stars emblem tonight.  They took a 3-0 lead during the opening period and then out scored the No Stars 4-2 during the final period to secure the 7-2 victory.

Dave Williams returned to action in style for the Raiders as he recorded a hat trick.  Vaughan Miller added a pair of goals while James West and Tim Shive added singles.  Tony Singer and Ian Currie replied for the No Stars.  Rod O'Leary faced nineteen shots to earn the win while Vern Howlett faced twenty-five shots to take the loss.

PRO CRESTING LOSSES FIRST GAME OF SEASON

Pro Cresting found themselves on the losing end of the score for the first time this season as the Airport Petro-Can Raiders downed them 5-3.  The Raiders fired a pair of goals early in the game to get things going before Pro Cresting could reply.  Pro Cresting came back with a pair of goal to tie the game at 2-2.  Then the Raiders connected for two more.  Before the opening period ended, Pro Cresting replied with another goal to have the period end trailing 4-3.  The final period saw the Raiders add an insurance goal early (2:15).  And this is were the scoring ended for both squads.  The final whistle sounded and the Raiders had handed the Pro Cresting a 5-3 loss, their first loss of the season.

Vaughan Miller led the way for the Raiders with a pair of goals.  Clyde MacDonald, Craig Sherry and Kevin Ellsworth added singles.  Jim Nemis, Mark McCulloch and Andy Sophocleous replied for Pro Cresting.  Rod O'Leary faced sixteen shots for the win while Roy McNeill, on loan, faced twenty-four shots for Pro Cresting.

Earlier, Tremco kept rolling along as they downed the struggling Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings 5-2.  Four unanswered goals during the opening period set the stage for this victory.  The final period saw a little spark from the Kings but not enough to overcome the 4-0 deficit or even challenge Tremco's lead.

Tremco got goals from five players - Darcy Campbell, Chris Hopewell, Marc Trefry, Todd Farnell and Terry Pettipas.  Tom Hineman got both goals for the Kings.  Roy McNeill faced twenty-one shots to earn the win while call-up Terry McAloney faced twenty-seven shots to take the loss for the Kings.

NO STARS BLOW A VICTORY

The Mark Currie Painting No Stars where within three minutes of recording their first victory of the season.  But they blew it!  Two bad (stupid) penalties provided the Davies Plumbing Millionaires the opening they needed.  The Millionaires made no mistake on these opportunities as they connected for a pair of power play goals.  This lifted them from trailing the No Stars 4-3 to winning 5-4.

Carl Langille and Matt Isenor had a pair of goals to pace the Millionaires and Kendall Nowe fired the winning goal.  Paul Smith had a pair for the No Stars and Brian Totten and Mark Currie added singles.  Gary Stone earned the win stopping seventeen shots while Vern Howlett took the loss facing twenty-nine shots.

The Elmsdale Dental Knockouts continue to roll along with their new look and feel.  They built up a 2-0 lead over the Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers during the opening period.  Then they proceeded to add three more goals to their tally during the final period on route to a 5-1 victory.  Charlie Clow foiled Paul Scothorn's bid for a second shutout at 6:02 on a power play opportunity for the Old Timers.

Jeff Turner and Travis Hunter each netted a pair of goals to pace the Kncokouts and Jason Scothorn added a single.  Paul Scothorn earned the win facing thirteen shots while Layton Gilroy took the loss as he faced thirty-five shots.

The Benere Contracting Sabres found themselves in a tough battle tonight with the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins.  The Sabres had built up a 4-1 lead during the opening period.  Then they watched in horror as the Bruins battled back during the final period to have the game tied 4-4.  At 21:36, Peter Nurse found the mesh to lift the Sabres into the 5-4 victory.

Nurse had a pair of goals to pace the Sabres.  Jim Gouthro, Troy Johnston and Mike Howell added singles.  Mike George and Chris Hingston each had a pair of goals for the Bruins.  Howard Rose earned the win for the Sabres as he turned aside twelve shots.  Neil McCorkill kicked out twenty-eight shots to take the loss for the Bruins.

SCOTHORN'S BIGGEST CHALLENGE WAS TO KEEP AWAKE

Paul Scothorn's major challenge in tonight's game was to keep awake.  He saw a big of action during the opening period but only four shots during the final twenty-five minutes.  Scothorn did kick out all eleven shots to earn the shutout and backstop the Elmsdale Dental Knockouts to their 9-0 trouncing of the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins.

George MacKay, Travis Hunter, Jeff Turner each had a pair of goals to pace the Knockouts.  Sheldon MacIntosh, Cecil Dixon and Dave Webber added singles.  Neil McCorkill faced forty-nine shots to take the loss for the Bruins.

Pro Cresting had the Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings number tonight as they downed them 7-1.  They (Pro Cresting) held a 3-0 lead after the first period then extend it to the 7-1 final score during the final frame.

Jim Nemis had a pair of goals and two assists to pace the Pro Cresting charge.  Chris Ashton also had a pair of goals. James Wheatley, Mark McCulloch and Andy Sophocleous added singles to round out the Pro Cresting scoring.  Warren Beeler scored the lone Kings goal.  Darren Schriver turned aside eleven of the twelve shots he faced to earn the win for Pro Cresting.  Claude White kicked out twenty shots to take the loss for the Kings.

A COUPLE OF BIG WINS TONIGHT HELPS CHANCE THE LANDSCAPE

A couple of big wins tonight help change the landscape on the standings and shows that anyone can win on any given night.

The first game of the night featured the Benere Contracting Sabres against the Mark Currie Painting No Stars.  The No Stars struck twenty-six seconds into the game.  But by the end of the opening period the Sabres had replied with a pair of goal to take the lead (2-1).  Neither team could get that next throughout the final period and the game ended with the Sabres earning the 2-1 victory.

Bruce Lanthier and Scott Clarke scored for the Sabres while John Dillman replied with the lone No Stars goal.  Howard Rose kicked out twelve shots to earn the win for the Sabres.  Vern Howlett turned aside eighteen shots to take the loss for the No Stars.

The Airport Petro-Can Raiders battled through a tough first period against the Davies Plumbing Millionaires.  The period ended with the teams deadlocked in a 1-1 tie.  However, the final period was a bit of a difference story.  The Raiders shut the Millionaires down while netting three unanswered goals to capture the 4-1 victory.

Mike Howell, Craig Sherry, Tim Shive and Kevin Kelly scored for the Raiders while Tom Hunter replied with the lone Millionaires goal.  Rod O'Leary turned aside seventeen shots to earn the win for the Raiders while Gary Stone kicked out ten shots to take the loss for the Millionaires.

The Tremco squad was firing on all cylinders tonight as they handed the Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers their first loss of the season.  Tremco downed the Old Timers 5-2.  Tremco established a 2-0 lead before the Old Timers got onto the scoreboard during the first period.  Then in the final period they (Tremco) out scored the Old Timers 3-1 to earn the 5-2 victory.

Steve Hogan led the Tremco effort with a pair of goals.  Steve Ramsay, Rodney Abbott and Todd Farnell complete the Tremco scoring.  John Rhind replied with a pair of goals for the Old Timers.  Roy McNeill earned the win for Tremco as he kicked out fifteen shots.  Layton Gilroy took the loss for the Old Timers turning aside twenty-two shots.

SOPHOCLEOUS ON SCORING SPREE FOR PRO CRESTING

Pro Cresting tripled the Elmsdale Dental Knockouts 6-2 tonight.  Andy Sophocleous set the pace for Pro Cresting as he recorded four goals and an assist.  Mark McCulloch added a pair of goals to complete Pro Cresting's scoring.  Jason Scothorn and Travis Hunter replied for the Knockouts.  Darren Schriver faced thirteen shots to earn the win while Paul Scothorn faced thirty-one shots to take the loss for the Knockouts.

The Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers found themselves in another tight battle tonight as they faced the Benere Contracting Sabres.  No one knew that when Gerald Doutre scored at 1:03 of the first period that they had just witnessed the game winning goal.

Call up Mike Boyd kicked out twenty shots to earn the win and shutout bo the Old Timers.  Howard Rose faced fifteen shots to take the loss for the Sabres.

The Airport Petro-Can Raiders when on a plundering campaign tonight was they plundered the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins 7-2.  After establishing a 3-1 lead in the first period the Raiders when on to out score the Bruins 4-1 during the final period.

Kevin Kelly and Dave Williams each had a pair of goals to pace the Raiders.  Craig Sherry, James West and Tim Shive added singles.  Craig Burnett and Brad Parker replied for the Bruins.  Rod O'Leary kicked out seventeen shots to earn the win for the Raiders.  Neil McCorkill faced thirty-two shots, giving up the seven goals, to take the loss for the Bruins.

OLD TIMERS HELD ON

The Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers held on to edge the Mark Currie Painting No Stars 5-4.  The Old Timers had built up a 5-1 lead and held on as the No Stars started to pressure in a major way.

Scott Blois kicked off the scoring at 9:11 to put the Old Timers on the scoreboard.  Mark Currie replied for the No Stars just over two minutes later, at 11:51.  In the latter part of the period, 16:20, Gerry Boyd made it 2-1 for the Old Timers.

The second period saw the Old Timers continue to score.  At 5:33 Neil MacKay connect.  A power play opportunity at 13:00 saw Danny LeBlanc find the mesh and at 15:35 Charlie Clow put the Old Timers up 5-1.  At 19:31 the No Stars started their come back when Brian Totten scored.  No Stars' Ian Currie found the mesh at 21:53.  Then at 24:13, Totten netted his second goal of the game.  Time ran out on the No Stars and the Old Timers put a 5-4 victory into the record books.

Layton Gilroy earned the win for the Old Timers turning aside twenty shots.  Tal Dawe was called up by the No Stars and took the loss stopping fifteen shots in the process.

In action earlier in the evening, Pro Cresting and Tremco battle through a tight game from start to finish to end deadlocked in a 1-1 tie.  Tremco took the lead in the opening period, at 5:48, when Chris Hopewell did a coast to coast rush that finished off with him scoring.  Jim Nemis ruined Roy McNeill's bid for a shutout when he scored at 21:06 of the final period on a power play opportunity.

McNeill kicked out sixteen shots for the tie while Darren Schriver turned aside fifteen shots.

O'LEARY HOLDS THE FORT FOR THE RAIDERS

Rod O'Leary held the fort for the Airport Petro-Can Raiders to allow them to earn a 2-1 victory over the Benere Contracting Sabres tonight.  The Sabres dominated the action on the ice as they out shot the Raiders 30-12.

The first period was scoreless and things were not looking good for the Raiders as they were out shot 16-3.  But O'Leary kept kicking out shot after shot.  The Raiders got two quick goal midway through the final period.  Dave Williams found the mark at 13:27 and then Kevin Ellsworth scored at 14:43.  Mike Howell put the dampers on O'Leary's bid for a shutout at 18:07.

O'Leary faced thirty shots while stopping all but one for the win.  Howard Rose turned aside ten of the twelve shots he faced to take the loss for the Sabres.

Tom Hunter was flying tonight as he recorded a four point game, three goals and a helper, to pace the Davies Plumbing Millionaires to a 5-2 victory over the Elmsdale Dental Knockouts.

Knockouts' Dave Galbraith scored the first goal of the game at 8:04.  Then a couple of quick goals by the Millionaires changed the flow of the game.  Matt Isenor scored at 11:41.  Then Hunter connected at 12:50.  Leon Thompson scored a power play goal for the Millionaires at 16:50 to give them a 3-1 lead.  Early in the second period, 2:22, Hunter stuck again.  Jason Scothorn replied for the Knockouts at 3:10.  In the dying moments of the game, 24:37, Hunter stuck for his third of the game and finish off the Knockouts.

Gary Stone turned aside fifteen shots to earn the win for the Millionaires while Paul Scothorn kicked out twenty-three shots to take the loss for the Knockouts.

The Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins were hot tonight as they downed the Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings 8-3.  Chris Hingston drew the first blood at 1:08.  Then just over a minute later, 2:36, Craig Burnett struck with another Bruins' goal.  Guy Fortin made it 3-0 at 10:28.  A power play opportunity at 14:24 saw the Kings get onto the scoreboard when Robin Isenor found the mesh.  At the end of the opening period the Bruins held a 3-1 lead.

The Bruins kicked off the final period with a power play goal by Hingston (his second of the game) at 1:38.  Isenor recorded his second goal of the game for the Kings on a short handed effort at 8:37.  Then the Bruins struck back.  At 14:08 Alain Cumadeau scored, then at 15:15 Randy Pidgeow scored a Bruins' power play goal.  19:13 saw another power play goal by the Bruins, Mike Croft fired this shot.  Fortin netted his second goal of the game for the Bruins at 21:06.  Isenor completed his hat trick for the Kings at 21:43.  The final whistle sounded and the Bruins put an 8-3 victory into the record books.

Neil McCorkill eanred the win for the Bruins turning aside fourteen shots while Claude White kicked out twenty shots to take the loss for the Kings.

SCHRIVER RECORDS FIRST SHUTOUT OF SEASON

Darren Schriver record the first shutout of the 2007/2008 season as he turned aside all fourteen shots he faced to back stop Pro Cresting to a 9-0 thrashing of the Benere Contracting Sabres.

Pro Cresting basically had their way with the Sabres during the first period as they built up a 6-0 lead.  Then they fired another three unanswered goals during the final period to complete the thrashing.

Kevin Pike and Mark McCulloch led Pro Cresting with a hat trick each.  Joe Duhamel, Robert Bethune and Steve MacKeil added singles.  Howard Rose took the loss for the Sabres as he faced twenty-seven shots.

In other action, the Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers handled the Airport Petro-Can Raiders with relative ease as they downed them 5-1.  The first period saw the Old Timers fired three unanswered goals.  Then midway through the final period they added two more goals.  Dave Williams ruined Layton Gilroy's bid for a shutout when he scored the Raiders lone goal at 20:42 of the final period.

Mike Barbrick led the Old Timers' scoring with a pair of goals.  Brad Arnold, Gerald Doutre and John Rhind added singles.  Gilroy earned the win for the Old Timers as he turned aside twenty-six shots.  Rod O'Leary took the loss for the Raiders stopping seventeen shots.

KNOCKOUTS MAINTAIN THEIR UNDEFEATED START TO THE 2007/2008 SEASON

The Elmsdale Dental Knockouts kept their undefeated start to the 2007/2008 in tact tonight.  Mind you there were some tense moments late in the game but they held off the hard pressing Mark Currie Painting No Stars long enough to earn a 5-4 victory.

The No Stars took a 1-0 lead late in the opening period on a power play opportunity.  Then they expanded that to 2-0 thirty-one seconds into the final period.  Then it was 3-0 for the No Stars before the Knockouts finally found the mesh at 6:15.  Then what looked like trouble for the Knockouts, a penalty, proved to be the opposite.  They (Knockouts) scored a pair of short handed goals to tie the game at 3-3.  This propelled the Knockouts and at 15:40 they took the lead for the first time in the game.  The No Stars replied quickly to tie the game at 4-4.  But Travis Hunter found the mark at 20:56 to lift the Knockouts into a 5-4 lead, which became the final score of the game.

Jason Scothorn had a pair of goals to pace the Knockouts.  Sheldon MacIntosh and John Young had singles to complete their scoring.  Paul Smith led the No Stars with a pair of goals while Eric Lieng and Tony Singer added singles.  Paul Scothorn turned aside eighteen shots to earn the win while Vern Howlett kicked out seventeen shots to take the loss.

In the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins and Tremco game it was a two minute period of time that changed the outcome of the game.  The Bruins struck almost as the game got start, at 0:44.  The balance of the first period saw both the Bruins and Tremco try for a goal but none were coming.  The Bruins extended their lead to 2-0 early in the second period.  Then a minor disaster struck the Bruins.  Between 3:29 and 5:43 Tremco fired three unanswered goals to take the lead (3-2) in the game.  They never looked back from this point.  This quick jump into the lead seemed to energize Tremco.  They went on to score two more goals before the Bruins could reply.  The Bruins battled back to within one (5-4) before the nail was hammered in their coffin by Tremco.  The final whistle sounded and Tremco put a 7-4 victory into the record books.

Tony Husk led Tremco with a pair of goals.  Steve Ramsay, Mark Maguire, Steve Hogan, Terry Pettipas and Darren Smith added singles.  Dion Dooley had a pair to pace the Bruins while Guy Fortin and Craig Burnett added singles.  Roy McNeill earned the win stopping twelve shots while Neil McCorkill took the loss turning aside twenty-three shots.

The decision for the final game of the night came down to the last one minute and seven seconds.  Just past the midway point of the first period, the Davies Plumbing Millionaires struck to take a 1-0 lead over the Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings.  Late in the period they extended that to 2-0.  But in the dying seconds of the period, the Kings replied with a power play goal to trail the Millionaires 2-1 at the end of the period.

The second period saw the Kings battle hard and it took fifteen minutes before they could get that game tying goal.  Then a penalty late in the game by the Millionaires gave the Kings a gigantic opportunity to pull ahead.  The Kings made no mistake as they scored on this opportunity with just over a minute left to play.  Then with twenty-nine second remaining in the game, the Kings connected again for an insurance goal to secure the 4-2 victory.

Larry Urquhart, Blaine Miller, Ryan Isenor and Robin Isenor did the scoring for the Kings.  Matt Isenor and Tom Hunter replied for the Millionaires.  Claude White earned the win for the Kings as he turned aside twenty-two shots.  Roy McNeill was on loan to the Millionaires for this game and kicked out eight shots to take the loss.

FINAL FOUR TEAMS GET SEASON UNDERWAY

The final four teams of the East Hants Gentlemen's Hockey League hit the ice tonight to start their respective 2007/2008 seasons.

The first game of the night featured the Caldwell Roach Insurance Kings and Pro Cresting.  Pro Cresting dominated the first period in the scoring department with three unanswered goals, two of which were power play goals.  It took the Kings until the final period to get their game going.  During this period the teams exchanged a pair of goals, including an empty net goal for Pro Cresting, to arrive at the final 5-2 in favor of Pro Cresting.

Mark McCulloch and Jim Nemis each had a pair of goals to pace Pro Cresting.  Brian Malley added a single to round out their scoring.  Robin Isenor and Ryan Isenor replied for the Kings.

Darren Schriver kicked out twenty-three shots to earn the win.  Call up goaltender, Adam Hines, turned aside fourteen of eighteen shots to take the loss for the Kings.

The final game had the Bitar's Pizza & Grill Bruins doing battle with the Elmsdale Dental Knockouts.  The Knockouts came out hard in the opening period and built up a 3-0 lead before the Bruins could get onto the scoreboard.  By the end of the period, the Knockouts held a 4-1 lead.  They extended this to 5-1 early in the final period.  Then the charge of the Bruins started to pay off.  They scored a pair of goals and were pressuring the Knockouts hard.  But time was on the Knockouts' side and the game ended with them taking a 5-3 victory.

The Knockouts got goals from five different players - Travis Hunter, Mark Peverill, Sheldon MacIntosh, George MacKay and Jason Scothorn.  Brad Parker, Dion Dooley and Steve Bates replied for the Bruins.  Paul Scothorn turned aside twenty shots to earn the win for the Knockouts while Neil McCorkill took the loss for the Bruins as he kicked out twenty-one shots.

2007/2008 SEASON UNDERWAY

The East Hants Gentlemen's Hockey League got their 2007/2008 season underway tonight with three games.

The first game saw the Benere Contracting Sabres firing on all cylinders, and maybe a few extra, as they hammered the Mark Currie Painting No Stars 9-2.  The Sabres struck quickly with a power play goal and then a short handed goal within the first five minutes.  By the end of the opening period they were holding a 3-1 lead.  But the final period is were they really took off.  They (Sabres) out scored the No Stars 6-1 to earn the 9-2 victory.  The No Stars never really got their game going.

Doug Sullivan, Troy Johnston and Mike Howell each netted a pair of goals to set the pace for the Sabres.  Peter Nurse, Bruce Lanthier and Dave Forsythe added singles.  Todd Laffin and Brian Totten replied for the No Stars.

Howard Rose earned the win for the Sabres stopping twelve shots while Vern Howlett took the loss for the No Stars stopping sixteen shots.

The second game saw the Davies Plumbing Millionaires hit their stride midway through the opening period.  By the end of the first period they had built up a 3-0 lead over the Airport Petro-Can Raiders.

The final period saw the Raiders starting to get things going as they tied the period 2-2.  But this was too little to overcome the deficit from the first period and the Millionaires recorded a 5-2 victory.

Tom Hunter and Kendall Nowe each had a pair of goals to pace the Millionaires.  Leon Thompson added a single goal for the Millionaires.  Dave Williams had both goals for the Raiders.

Gary Stone turned aside fourteen shots to earn the win for the Millionaires.  Brett MacEwan took the loss for the Raiders kicking out twenty-one shots.

The final game of the night saw the defending champions Scott Blois Automotive Old Timers down Tremco 5-3.  Tremco struck early and had a 2-0 lead established within the first four minutes.  The Old Timers shock the rust off of their game and started to recover.  By the end of the opening period they had the game tied at 2-2.  The final period saw the Old Timers take it to Tremco, shutting down their scoring while netting three unanswered goals to gain a 5-2 lead.  During the last part of the period, Tremco replied with a marker to cut the lead to 5-3 but ran out of time to recover.

Brad Arnold, Mike Barbrick, Gerald Doutre, Bill Smith and Scott Blois did the scoring for the Old Timers.  Tremco got goals from Mark Maguire, David MacKinnon and Steve Ramsay.

Layton Gilroy earned the win for the Old Timers turning aside sixteen shots while Roy MacNeill took the loss for Tremco kicking out fourteen shots.